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‘Mirai’ director Mamoru Hosoda readies ‘Scarlet’ with Sony Pictures, Studio Chizu
The animated feature is set for a US release in late 2025.
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Japan box office dominated by local features in 2024
No live action titles from outside Japan made the top 10 of the year.
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Korea’s LYD expands international scope with Japanese slate (exclusive)
Titles include ‘Hold Me’ and ‘Hell Is Other People’.
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Japan set for first interactive anime feature ‘Hypnosis Mic - Division Rap Battle’
Audiences will vote in real time via a smartphone app while watching the film.
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‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ trilogy set to launch in 2025
Will mark the conclusion of the hit ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba’ anime franchise.
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‘Ravens’: Red Sea Review
‘Shogun’’s Tadanobu Asano plays Japanese photographer Masahisa Fukase in this inventive biopic
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‘Tokyo Vice’ producer Alex Boden teams with Ringside Studios to launch services firm Tetra
Tetra’s first project is the upcoming ’10Dance’ for Netflix Japan.
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Netflix greenlights film adaptation of Japanese BL manga ‘10Dance’
The feature will star Ryoma Takeuchi and Keita Machida
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Netflix execs tout ‘Bullet Train Explosion’, ‘The Leopard’, ‘One Hundred Years Of Solitude’ at first international showcase
Chief content officer Bela Bajaria and leadership team introduced first International Showcase in Hollywood.
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Sony eyes acquisition of Japan’s Kadokawa Corporation
The Japanese media giant is behind features such as Takeshi Kitano’s ‘Kubi’ and Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s ‘Serpent’s Path’.
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‘Teki Cometh’ wins trio of prizes at Tokyo International Film Festival
T|he festival closes today with record international attendance.
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Toei launches Takashi Miike’s crime thriller ‘Sham’ at AFM (exclusive)
The film is an adaptation of a 2007 true-crime book by journalist Masumi Fukuda.
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’Lust In The Rain’: Tokyo Review
Ambitious, uneven erotic love triangle drama set in 1940s Japan
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Yu Irie’s ‘Muromachi Outsiders’ lands North America, Europe deals ahead of AFM (exclusive)
The historical action adventure is set for release in Japan on January 17.
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AI-themed project ‘AI Within’ wins Pitching Contest at TIFFCOM 2024
Further winners included Kazuya Maruyama’s ‘The Right Place’ and Shun Tsujii’s ‘2 Years And 2 Months’.
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‘Children Of The River’ team on being the first Italy-Japan co-production treaty project
Acclaimed Japanese director Lisa Takeba is working with Italian producer Parsifal Reparato. “Everyone is curious to know we proceed, how it works.”
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Apple TV+’s ‘Sunny’ starring Rashida Jones cancelled after one season (exclusive)
The mystery drama from A24 was filmed in Japan.
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Venice, Berlin, Sundance award-winning Japanese directors selected for festival support
The chosen include Shingo Ota, Emma Kawawada, Kohki Hasei and Mai Nakanishi
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Apple TV+’s ‘Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters’ and Josef Kubota Wladyka feature land Japan incentive funds
Further titles to secure funding include upcoming Apple TV+ series ‘Neuromancer’.
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Japanese anime industry generated record $22bn in 2023 with overseas surpassing local takings
Titles such as ‘The Last Slam Dunk’ and ‘Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine’ contributed to the figure.